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Message: <blockquote data-quote="InzeladunMaster" data-source="post: 1532721" data-attributes="member: 9774">If you enjoy movies like "Taste the Blood of Dracula", "Dracula 1970", "House of Frankenstein", and "House of Dracula", you might like it.  If you are looking for something on par with Gary Oldman's performance in "Bram Stoker's Dracula", this is probably best passed on.  Dracula was by far the weakest element of the movie as I didn't feel that actor had the charisma to really pull the part off.  His brides on the other hand... wow.Although it does pay homage to the old Universal movies, it does has a very comic-book feel due to the extremely high quantity (note: quantity NOT quality) of computer animated graphics.  The CG was rather distracting overall.  The plot was a lot of fun, and a more traditional approach to movie-making would have benefited it, as I personally can only take so many "awe-inspiring" CG landscapes per minute, and this one was way over the limit there.  The CG action sequences were so unrealistic I had to roll my eyes a few times and just shake my head at modern movie making conventions.  This also contributed to a comic-book atmosphere.  The movie could have benefited from using more stunt-men and less CG in regards to the action.The movie also has a James Bond quality (they even gave Van Helsing a "Q" type character who invents modern contraptions for Van Helsing to use, such as gas-powered automatic crossbows).I enjoyed it nonetheless because the "B" movies this one pays homage to are notorious for poorly done special effects.</blockquote>

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